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Defining Marketing for the 21st Century
Marketing Management, 13th ed
What is Marketing?
Marketing is an organizational function
and a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers and for managing customer relationships in ways that benefit the organization and its stakeholders.
art and science of choosing target markets and getting, keeping, and growing customers through creating, delivering, and communicating superior customer value.
some selling. But the aim of marketing is to make selling superfluous. The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well that the product or service fits him and sells itself. Ideally, marketing should result in a customer who is ready to buy. All that should be needed is to make the product or service available.” Peter Drucker
Hall • Needs - states of felt deprivation including physical needs for food, social needs for belonging and individual needs for self-expression. i.e. I am thirsty.
• Wants - form that a human need takes as shaped by
culture and individual personality. i.e. I want a Coca- Cola.
• Demands - human wants backed by buying power. i.e. I
Hall New Consumer Capabilities • A substantial increase in buying power • A greater variety of available goods and services • A great amount of information about practically anything • Greater ease in interacting and placing and receiving orders • An ability to compare notes on products and services • An amplified voice to influence public opinion